Eliminate Sales and Marketing
By John Honovich
10-20% of all spending on video surveillance goes to sales and marketing costs yet customers find great difficulty determining the best solution...
By John Honovich - over 15 years ago
Though available for many years, Auto-Tracking PTZs are generating renewed interest with Axis' recent release of their 233D camera. The claim is...
By John Honovich - over 15 years ago
Specifications are valuable but often are done poorly, creating problems or biasing the bid. Such challenges are magnified with digital and IP...
By John Honovich - over 15 years ago
Below is a recording of the actual CCTV footage from the Marriott bombed in Pakistan. It looks like it's from a DVR, recording about 5-8fps at CIF...
By John Honovich - over 15 years ago
Big companies like GE, Tyco, Bosch, Cisco and Honeywell make a broad range of mostly mediocre, overpriced video surveillance products that take...
By John Honovich - over 15 years ago
I'm not much for Shakespeare, but this is a good question. Over the past few years, many security companies have been leading into an Enterprise IP...
By IPVM - over 15 years ago
Megapixel cameras, storage solutions and managed video are the 3 areas with the greatest momentum of new product annoncements. A brief review of...
By John Honovich - over 15 years ago
Traffic on the exhibit floor looks weak. I had a couple of colleagues guess. Their estimates range from 10% - 30% less than the last few years. ...
By John Honovich - over 15 years ago
While video analytic promotion focuses on stopping and solving crime, the greatest value for video analytics historically and for the immediate...
By John Honovich - over 15 years ago
Apple's interest in video surveillance is generating significant interest. This report examines the key areas where Apple will (and will not)...
By John Honovich - over 15 years ago
Managed video is poised to experience similar growth and impact that IP video surveillance software has achieved over the past 5 - 10 years. As...
By John Honovich - over 15 years ago
Emerging technologies can significantly improve security operations. At ASIS, I encourage you to learn more about 3 particular technologies and to...
By John Honovich - over 15 years ago
Manufacturers say video analytics work. Customers and integrators often say they do not. Are manufacturers simply lying? Are customers simply...
By John Honovich - over 15 years ago
Companies are starting to downsize and reorganize. Reports from a variety of companies indicate this growing trend. The impact seems hardest...
By John Honovich - over 15 years ago
It's tough and getting tougher to figure out the best approach to integrate video surveillance with other security systems. While the industry...
By John Honovich - over 15 years ago
Migrating from analog to IP can be tricky, mainly because most everyone has existing infrastructure in place. You rarely can simply throw out that...
By John Honovich - over 15 years ago
While being 'open' is the trend, 'openness' is vague, claimed by all and underestimated in its difficulty to achieve. If you are buying or...
By John Honovich - over 15 years ago
One of the most exciting impacts of megapixel cameras is how they enable improvements in system designs that deliver better surveillance. This...
By John Honovich - over 15 years ago
While APIs are key to 'open' platforms, they are a frequently misunderstood and over-hyped aspect of physical security. While APIs can provide...
By John Honovich - over 15 years ago
Using video analytics beyond security may be the most important trend in video analytics. While marketing and business intelligence applications...
By John Honovich - over 15 years ago
Recently, BRS Labs announced its company to great fanfare. Indeed, BRS Labs has a very interesting offering but great questions remain about its...
By John Honovich - over 15 years ago
A dangerous and mass movement is underway for video surveillance companies to sell you packages. Packaging together cameras, encoders and IP video...
By John Honovich - over 15 years ago
In the next few years, we will see a significant transition away from storing video inside DVR/NVR servers. This 'on-board' storage will be...
By John Honovich - over 15 years ago
While the publicity goes to mega-cities deploying video surveillance, city wide video surveillance is becoming very cost-effective, valuable and...
By John Honovich - over 15 years ago
SightLogix is optimizing a video analytics solution for outdoor use in harsh weather conditions and over large areas. The product aims to be more...
By John Honovich - over 15 years ago
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